Warren R. Omark

Warren R. Omark, age 91, of Springhill Senior Living Community, Erie, died on Saturday March 5, 2011, at Forestview. He was born October 31, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., a son of the late Carl Eric and Anna Nelson Omark. Mr. Omark graduated from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Long Island, and graduated from Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island in 1940. He served as a Navy aviator in the United States Navy during World War II, received a Purple Heart, the Navy Cross, the Navy's highest honor, eight air medals, American Theatre and Victory medals and Asiatic-Pacific, 8 Stars. He was active in the Naval Reserve until 1966. At the time of his retirement he was Commander. Mr. Omark was associated with Hammermill Paper Company from 1957 to 1984. At the time of his retirement, he was Vice President in charge of sales for Hammermill Papers Group, a division of Hammermill Paper Company. He was a member of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, where he served on the Chapter, Kahkwa Club, where he served as president, the Erie Club, and the former Aviation Club. He was also active with the Salvation Army. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Samantha Elizabeth Ellison. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Smith Omark; two daughters: Lisa Ann Omark and her husband, John McLaughlin, Woodbridge, Conn., and Kristina Karen Gillespie and her husband, Scott, Bentleyville, Ohio; two sons: Thomas Eric Omark and his wife, Darlene, Erie, and Carl Andrew Omark and his wife, Barbara, Palatine, Ill.; six grandchildren: Kristina Marie Omark, Laura Suzanne Omark, Julia Katherine McLaughlin, Kara Joann and Jessica Kathleen Omark, and Leah Marie Gillespie. A sister, Adele Baylis of Ocala, Fla. and several nieces and nephews also survive. Friends may call at the Burton Westlake Funeral Home, 3801 West 26th Street (at Powell Ave.) on Wednesday from 4 until 7 p.m. and are invited to the funeral service on Thursday at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, 133 West 6th St. at 11 a.m., with The Very Reverend John P. Downey presiding. Interment in Arlington Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, 133 West 6th Street, Erie, PA 16501 or Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, 130 West 8th Street, Erie, PA 16501-1006 or VNA Hospice, 2253 W. Grandview Blvd., Erie, PA 16506. Send condolences at www.Burtonfuneralhome.com.